Talk:2432: Manage Your Preferences

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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It's Atrus, not Atrius!

There's also Atreyu from the NeverEnding Story who was trapped inside a book...
Mind you, there actually was an Atrius in the game's lore: Atrus' Grandfather. (His son (Gehn), also ended up trapped in a book. Twice!) But yeah, it probably should be Atrus in the mouse-over text. - 141.101.98.52 15:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

172.68.142.63 00:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)TH

To quote Wikipedia, "Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle video game designed by the Miller brothers, Robyn and Rand. It was developed by Cyan, Inc., published by Broderbund, and initially released for the Macintosh personal computer platform in 1993. In the game, players travel via a special book to the island of Myst. There, players solve puzzles, and by doing so, travel to four other worlds, known as Ages, which reveal the backstory of the game's characters." Just some background on what Myst is. Sarah the Pie(yes, the food) (talk) 00:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I am going to put this on all my future game apps instead of an "auto" or "accept recommended settings" button 162.158.187.183 02:36, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

In my view this explanation is entirely wrong. In many web sites and apps "Manage Your Preferences" is deliberately confusing or non-functional because the real purpose of the site or app is to install spyware (or other malware) or otherwise compromise users privacy or personal information. The explanation makes this vile behavior appear accidental or even benign. It is not. 173.245.54.87 03:30, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

You want to say, there are pages out there trying to install malware on my computer, but I can stop them by saying "I do not agree"? I am pretty sure it is just about cookies. Do you consider cookies to be malware? --Lupo (talk) 06:18, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
The only thing the current explanation is getting wrong is that you have to opt out each tracking cookie separately. According to EU law the default option has to be that all non-essential cookies are deactivated (unless, ofc, you click "Accept all"). So if you want to opt out all you need to do is: 1. Find the option to change your preferences (well hidden, as stated in the explanation, in many cases) and 2. find the option to save these preferences (also sometimes very well hidden). If the function is indeed non-functioning and the page is trying to install malware with this then you should consider to never ever visit that page again... Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 10:12, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
I've got bad news for you: some sites don't comply with EU law.141.101.76.128 15:50, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
You guys are being so badly trolled by whoever vandalised the article. Websites can't use their preferences to disable cookies, because websites store preferences with session identifying cookies. If a website (rather than the browser itself) is showing you its own preferences dialogue to disable cookies, it is trying to trick you into installing malware. This situation that we are actively living in this article, is a good demonstration of the topic of the joke the comic is about. 162.158.63.72 16:31, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure why the button is specifically referred to as green in the explanation. They can be any color to my knowledge, and the one in the comic is grey. DrPumpkinz (talk) 08:55, 4 March 2021 (UTC)